A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE ARCHITECT'S TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE ARCHITECT'S TABLE

With moulded rectangular hinged top enclosing a baise lined slide and a deep drawer with various divisions and compartments, on moulded square chamfered supports, stamped Gibbside four times,
42in. (107cm) wide

Provenance

Property of The Rt. Hon. Earl Granville, M.C., removed from Pearsie, Kirriemuir, Angus, Sold Christie's Scotland, Prestonfield House, 30 November 1982, Lot 114.

Lot Essay

This desk is designed in the George III antique manner and is similar to the work of Gillows. The form however may well have been developed from that of a secretaire writing table supplied by Thomas Chippendale (d.1775) for Paxton House, Berwickshire and sold by Mrs. Home-Robertson, Christie's, London, 9 December 1971 Lot 114 and illustrated in C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1878, Vol.II, p.239, fig.438

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